"I want to take responsibility for what happened," said Hazelbaker. "I intentionally pointed a weapon at my daughter, unintentionally pulling the trigger causing her death."

Hazelbaker told the judge he thought the safety was on when he pulled the trigger.

During a pretrial conference last Thursday, the plea hearing was scheduled for Tuesday. The plea deal was Hazelbaker pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in exchange for the assault causing injury charge to be dropped.

The plea means Hazelbaker faces a maximum of five years in prison or minimum of probation.

Sentencing has been set for Oct. 31.

Hazelbaker's attorney said he's hoping for probation.

"We believe we have reached a fair resolution of the charges pending against Mr. Hazelbaker," said his lawyer Mark Pennington last week. "There is no question that the conduct was reckless. There has never been any dispute about the facts behind this unfortunate tragedy."

Pennington said his client never intended to hurt his daughter.

"Mr. Hazelbaker is still traumatized emotionally by the loss of his daughter and the fact his conduct brought it about," said Pennington.

He said this was a good deal for all involved.

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